Fifth of plant types worldwide at risk as farms, logging expand

One in five types of plant worldwide is at risk of extinction from threats such as farming and logging that are wrecking many habitats, a first global overview of plant life said on Tuesday.

Oil sands city largely left untouched by raging fires

Authorities are struck by the extent of the wildfires that burned homes and businesses

Ex-Rwandan mayors to face trial in Paris over 1994 genocide

Two former Rwandan mayors go on trial in France on Tuesday facing charges of crimes against humanity and genocide over the 1994 massacres in the central African country.

Bison becomes official national mammal of US

The bison has become the official national mammal of the United States under legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama on Monday.

Students caught using Mission Impossible exam spy glasses

A top Thai medical college has caught students using spy cameras linked to smartwatches to cheat during exams in what some social media users on Monday compared to a plot straight out of a Mission Impossible movie.

Refugees find love, marriage in camp

A traditional Muslim wedding took place at Pikpa refugee camp here last month, sending a message of hope and determination that life can be rebuilt amid hardship.

Effort to impeach President Rousseff plunges into chaos

Interim speaker of lower house of Congress reverses his decision to annul the process

Dusty journal detailing Napoleonic wars found

A handwritten journal has been found in the depths of a small Australian bookshop detailing what experts believe are battle plans from the Napoleonic wars.

Russia and US 'redouble efforts' as truce extended

Government forces and rebels in the Syrian battleground city of Aleppo agreed to extend their truce for a second time on Tuesday, the army said, as the United States and Russia vowed to "redouble" efforts to end the five-year conflict.

Obama to pay historic visit to Hiroshima

President Barack Obama will travel to Hiroshima this month in the first visit by a sitting US president to the site where the United States dropped an atomic bomb.

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Egyptologists differ on King Tut tomb's 'hidden chambers'

Egyptian antiquities minister says new scan is needed to determine whether there are or not